Daily Archive: Thursday, March 13, 2008

In this article I propose to trace the earliest history of local government in colonial British Guiana.

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Q: How come it’s so difficult to get a holiday visa here in Guyana?

Blind in one eye and scarred in the face from a stabbing incident that left her cousin dead, Wanda Small took the witness stand in the High Court yesterday to re-live the incident that unfolded in the compound of Richard Ishmael Secondary School more than two years ago.

Two of the six men who were charged with the theft and possession of an army AK-47 assault rifle were granted bail while the others were remanded when they appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Government offered anecdotal evidence for its decision to withdraw state advertisements from the Stabroek News (SN) last year and no further information when challenged by the Inter-American press freedom rapporteur, the US State Department 2007 Country Report on Human Rights Practices says.

Had Mr Bharrat Jagdeo not been president, and had the security situation not been so severe, his utterances on the recent cataclysmic criminal events might have been ignored.

Former World Boxing Council (WBC) Cruiserweight champion Wayne `Big Truck’ Braithwaite is back on the road and looking to drive all the way to the top of the cruiserweight mountain.

National junior champion Nigel Bryan heads a list of some 47 players shortlisted by the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) for the upcoming Caribbean Cadet and Junior Table Tennis Championships which are scheduled to be held in Guyana from April 11-18 2008.

Cummings Lodge Secondary extended their unbeaten streak to 15 straight games when they slaughtered a fierce Queen’s College side 71-64 to advance to the Georgetown conference finals of the Guyana Secondary School Basketball Associa-tion’s (GSSBA) ‘March Madness’ play-offs.

The Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) will be staging the 2008 Mashramani Swim Meet this weekend at Colgrain pool beginning on Saturday at 9am, after it had been planned for earlier this month.

The top performers of the 2007 Banks Premium Beer Cup 16-team knockout football tournament will be presented with their prizes today at a Presentation Ceremony at head office of the sponsors,beverage giants Banks DIH, Thirst Park.

Dear Editor, Thanks to all those who agreed to meet and talk about the violence in Guyana, no matter the way they looked at it.

Dear Editor, Indeed I am shocked about the pending increase of the NIS pension age to 65 years.

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter of K.A. Juman-Yassin, Attorney-at-Law captioned “Police cannot arrest or detain a person merely to obtain information, there must be a reasonable suspicion” (08.03.11) and wish to commend him on his edifying comments, to wit ” Our police are by-and-large not respected as they should be and one of the reasons is because of the manner in which the public and even criminals are treated.

Dear Editor, It is with great distaste that I read that another innocent life has been lost.

Dear Editor, About a year ago Guyanese Professor Mr Devonish visited my community to do a study on the Arawak language and its use.

Dear Editor, Freddie Kissoon in his letter captioned “Dr. Jagan was under strain from corruption” (08.03.09) describes as “downright pathetic” my reply to Mrs.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter captioned “Hammie apologises” (GC 080.103.12) by Mr Hamilton Green where he apologised to a Mr Suseran.

Dear Editor, I am a Guyanese living abroad and would like to register my outrage against the recent developments in Guyana.

Dear Editor, In every country there are communities with a thing or things that are indelibly etched within and have become part of the psyche of those communities serving and distinguishing each in a particular way.

The urgent establishment of a parliamentary standing sectoral committee on national security with ministerial representation was chief among the five agreements reached when the national stakeholders met yesterday at the Office of the President.

The three Guyanese men who were intercepted with a large amount of gold in Suriname may be part of a well-established, gold smuggling ring, supported by a network of Chinese businessmen operating out of Suriname.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) yesterday expressed “deep dismay” at the institution of a sedition charge against ex-GDF officer Oliver Hinckson and called for its withdrawal while urging the President to act in a statesmanlike manner.

Relatives of the Goed Fortuin, West Demerara woman who was shot in the leg during s robbery on Monday night are insisting that the police were told of the robbery while they were being attacked yet they failed to respond quickly.

Two Fourth Form students of the JC Chandisingh Secondary School were on Monday taken to hospital after suffering injuries sustained during a fight with broken bottles.

The body of a Guysuco Estate labourer was found floating in a canal at Port Mourant, Corentyne two days after he plunged into it to escape a beating from another man.

Japan has provided a grant valued at some US$4.5 million to support the economic structural adjustment efforts of the Government of Guyana, specifically dealing with the problems of climate change.

The police say that at no time was any statement taken from Mayor Hamilton Green during his questioning last Saturday when he visited Police Headquarters, Eve Leary.

Justice Roxanne George-Wiltshire freed a Bourda market vendor in the High Court last week after a jury found her not guilty of manslaughter.

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A photographic exhibition and book display was launched on Tuesday at the National Library to commemorate the life and contributions of the late President, Dr Cheddi Jagan.

(Editorial reprinted from yesterday’s Trinidad Express) Guyanese have only to go back to the bad old days of the regime of the late and not widely lamented Forbes Burnham to realise that Caribbean leaders are loath to intervene in what they perceive to be the internal affairs of other countries, however significantly those affairs run counter to the democracy in which they all claim to believe.

The PYARG says 7000 youths from five regions recently benefited from a Guyana Youths Living Safely Project (GYLS) and it intends to host a series of workshops in preparation for the launching of its second HIV intervention project.

The registration process targeting disabled persons which began last month is ongoing and aims to collect information on the number of persons who are disabled and the type of assistance required, the Government Information Agency reported yesterday.

A thirty-five-year-old man who allegedly stole $3.4 million in clothes and other stock from his place of employment was yesterday taken before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

As La Nina conditions persist, more rain is expected today and residents in low-lying and flood-prone areas are asked to take the necessary precautions against flooding.

The Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) says Yaw-mun-nabi will be observed next Thursday.

A delegation from the National Aquaculture Association of Guyana (NAAG) recently attended a large aquaculture trade show in Florida even as a first shipment of farm-reared tilapia has been exported to Barbados.

Two .38 warheads were recovered from the body of Marcyn King who was shot, execution-style, near her home on Monday evening.

The Ministry of Health says the new unit it plans will take into account that women have specific health needs that cannot be adequately addressed without unique provisions.

The Congo-Nya Cultural Foundation (CNCF) recently established a multi-purpose building to host craft sessions and a library for young mothers and early school-leavers.